Rethinking Ethics

After watching"Dreamworlds 3: Desire, Sex, and Power" I now understand why a woman's identity is what it is. It is very rare to find a music video in today's world without womens bodies used as the main attraction. In this documentary, we learned how the media can change people's views on women and what causes them to be desirable. However, what this video lacked was the woman's point of view. The women in these videos are told what to do. They are just actresses. They do not have personal opinions.

When viewers see big celebrities like Jay-Z "pimping" all of the women in his music videos, it is portrayed to be something "cool." An artist like Jay-Z, who is very popular and an idol to many, can construct and influence opinons of viewers to believe that this how a woman is portrayed when living the good life.  So, when other women see the women in these types of videos, they believe that this is how a perfect body should look and so they are then introduced to the "perfect woman's identity."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnoI7Be4VZk
http://books.google.com/books?id=FCrEJW-uZP8C&pg=PA37&lpg=PA37&dq=ethics+and+a+woman's+identity&source=bl&ots=Lmxh1Zrpzf&sig=I8ulGTUIDR62ivmY02Fsqfaa-ok&hl=en&sa=X&ei=csCLT4u8HomCgwe2mezeCQ&ved=0CB8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=ethics%20and%20a%20woman's%20identity&f=false
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/12/books/review/12FREEDMA.html?pagewanted=all